Eddy Punch Clock wrote:Mogilny was possibly the most well rounded talent the Canucks have ever had..... when he wanted to be anyways.

Yeah I abandoned the post I was writing in here (in short just like Ohdee I haven't voted.. I never do on these) but one thing I was going to post is that despite being right up there with Bure in terms of skill, after that first season it looked like Alex was about as enthused about playing for the Canucks most nights as we were about watching their prolonged collapse and dismemberment.

It's almost paradoxical with the Russians, we all acknowledge that they were probably the best individual talents to put on a Canucks sweater but at the same time we discount their individual achievements by emphasizing their context (as an aside, I went back and looked at 1991-92, there were just six keepers with 30+ GP and a save percentage over .900.. just one over .910!).

It's tough to compare Pavel Bure to Daniel Sedin, would Bure still be a gamebreaker in such a well coached, structured league with such fantastic goaltending as we have now, where the best players in the world are studied, understood and neutralized over time?

Would Daniel and Henrik have been such valuable players in a league where their cycle game, no look passes and in close plays simply weren't often necessary to break down a defense and beat a goaltender that probably spent most of his time on his feet?